Jandy ePump

The ePump is Jandy's biggest variable-speed pump body. It has oversized unions, a basket Jandy calls the largest in the industry, and a suction port that sits higher than any other pump's in its manual. It comes in two sizes today:

• 2.7 HP, VSSHP270DV2A, which runs on 115 or 230 volts
• 3.8 HP, VSSHP3802A, which runs on 230 volts only

Each is sold without a controller or with a SpeedSet mounted on the pump, which adds an S to the model number. A 2.2 HP, VSSHP220DV2A, is in Jandy's product archive, and so is the earlier ePump generation.

It shares a manual with the VS PlusHP and the 1.85 HP VS FloPro with relays. The relays, dry contacts, priming, freeze protection and 115-volt behavior all work the same way, and the VS PlusHP page covers them in detail. This page is about what's different.

Which ePump you have

The model number tells you nearly everything. VSSHP is the ePump body. 270 or 380 is the horsepower. DV means dual voltage, and the 3.8 HP doesn't have it. 2A means two auxiliary relays. A final S means the SpeedSet came mounted on the pump.

Without the S, the pump ships with no controller. Jandy's manual says a pump in this family won't run on power alone. It needs a SpeedSet, an iQPUMP01 or a JEP-R, a Jandy automation system, or a switch or relay on its dry contacts.

The older ePump carried numbers like VSSHP270AUT and VSSHP220AUT. Jandy's 2017 manual for it lists the same pump body, lid, basket, unions, impeller, backplate, diffuser and seal part numbers as the current one. The motor is what changed, so a current ePump uses the same pump end as the one it replaces.

The 3.8 HP isn't ENERGY STAR

Jandy's 3.8 HP product page says so directly, and ENERGY STAR's list has no 3.8 HP ePump in it. The 2.7 HP and the archived 2.2 HP are both listed.

The 3.8 HP's WEF is 6.5, against 7.5 for the 2.7 HP on 230 volts. Jandy says the 3.8 HP has 24% more hydraulic performance than the 2.7 HP. It draws up to 3,120 watts and 16.0 amps, and it runs on 208-230 volts only.

For a filtration pump, that matters. A pump that only filters doesn't need what the 3.8 HP adds, and it pays for it in a lower efficiency rating. The 3.8 HP is for pads that need high head. Jandy's sell sheet names negative edges, waterfalls, water features and spa jets.

Jandy makes a compact 3.8 HP too, the VS FloPro 3.8, with the same motor and drive (R0937400) and 2-inch ports. Its WEF is 6.0 in the manual. The ePump's larger body is the difference.

The unions grow

The 2.7 HP has 2 × 2½ inch unions, and the 3.8 HP has 2½ × 3 inch. Fluidra's 2026 catalog adds a useful detail: the 2.7 HP's fittings are compatible with the 3.8 HP's union kit, R0446102. So a 2.7 HP can take the larger unions.

Jandy's documents disagree about pipe for the 2.7 HP. Its product page recommends 2 to 2½ inches, and the 2026 catalog says 2 to 3. For the 3.8 HP, both say 2½ to 3.

The suction port sits 10⅜ inches above the base, the highest in Jandy's manual. The VS PlusHP's sits at 8⅞ and the VS FloPro's at 7¾. If the ePump replaces a lower pump, the suction plumbing will need to rise to meet it. Replacing a pool pump covers measuring for it.

The circuit

From the manual's table:

• 2.7 HP: a 15 A breaker at 230 volts, 20 A at 115. Up to 50 feet, 14 AWG at 230 volts or 12 AWG at 115.
• 3.8 HP: a 20 A breaker at 230 volts. Up to 50 feet, 12 AWG. From 50 to 200 feet, 10 AWG.

The table assumes three copper conductors in buried conduit and no more than 3% voltage drop. Each pump needs a dedicated circuit with GFCI protection. Jandy recommends Siemens QFP or QF GFCI breakers to cut down on nuisance trips.

The 2.7 HP's 115-volt rating is one more disagreement. The manual gives 1,675 watts maximum at 115 volts. The product page and the 2026 catalog give 1,875. Both give 16.0 amps.

The blue o-ring is for one test only

Every ePump ships with a disposable blue o-ring on its lid, R0479000. It's there for the installer's pressure test, and the manual limits that test to 35 psi. Don't open the lid before the test, or the o-ring can fall out and has to go back on the step inside the lid.

After the test, the manual says to throw it away. It isn't the lid seal. The seal is R0446200, and it goes in with two ribs up into the lid groove and one rib down toward the pump.

When the lid goes on, turn the locking ring until its "locked" marks line up with the suction and discharge ports, and no further.

The rest works like the VS PlusHP

The same manual covers both pumps, so the VS PlusHP page applies here. In short:

• Relay 1 closes at 1,725 RPM and relay 2 at 2,250, and neither closes for three minutes after a start. A salt cell on relay 1 makes nothing if the schedule stays below that speed.
• Four dry-contact inputs run preset speeds from a time clock or relay when no Jandy controller is connected.
• Priming defaults to 2,750 RPM.
• Freeze protection lives in the controller, not the pump.
• On 115 volts the 2.7 HP gives up part of its top end.

On an AquaLink TCX, Jandy's pump manuals allow only one variable-speed pump, with DIP switches 3 and 4 off.

Jandy's savings claim

The 2.7 HP page promises savings of over $1,100 a year against a single-speed pump. The footnote bases that on a 28,000-gallon pool at two turnovers a day and $0.195 per kilowatt-hour. The VS PlusHP's page makes the same $1,100 claim at $0.185. A second claim on both pages, up to $950 a year, uses 1.5 turnovers and $0.15.

Two turnovers a day is more than most pools need. The running cost calculator takes your own hours and rate.

Where Jandy's documents disagree

• The 3.8 HP's controller. One bullet in Fluidra's 2026 catalog puts the preinstalled SpeedSet on the VSSHP3802A. The catalog's own part table, the sell sheet and the product page put it on the VSSHP3802AS. The S is the one with the controller.
• Weight. The manual and the catalog give the 2.7 HP as 66 lb. Its product page gives a 71.5 lb carton. For the 3.8 HP, the manual, the catalog and the product page say 70 lb, and the sell sheet says 71.
• Pipe and watts for the 2.7 HP, as above.

ENERGY STAR also lists a VSSHP270DV0A, from 2019, with the same test results as the 2.7 HP. It isn't on Jandy's current pages or in the 2026 catalog.

Parts

Fluidra's 2026 catalog has one parts table for the 2.2, 2.7 and 3.8 HP ePumps built since 2020, on page 32. Most parts are shared. The motor and drive, the drive alone, the impeller and the union kit change with the horsepower. The 2023 catalog addendum's table for the 3.8 HP agrees with it.